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Boy name origins & meanings
- Hebrew : God remembers; renowned by God
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Zacharias
Family name origins & meanings
- German, Greek, English, etc. : from the New Testament Greek Biblical personal name Zacharias, Aramaic and Hebrew Zecharya, composed of the elements zechar ‘to remember’ + ya ‘God’. This name was borne by a Biblical prophet and in the New Testament by the father of John the Baptist, for which reason it achieved a modest popularity among Gentiles during the Middle Ages.